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misnumber

misnumber verb: to assign numbers nonsequentially where sequential numbering was due.

Verb

misnumber (third-person singular simple present misnumbers, present participle misnumbering, simple past and past participle misnumbered)

  1. (transitive) To assign numbers nonsequentially where sequential numbering was due.
    • The pages in this report are misnumbered. There are two "page 7"s, and there is no "page 6"!
  2. (transitive) To ascribe singular where plural was due, or vice versa.

Forms of misnumber

third-person singular presentmisnumbers
present participlemisnumbering
past participlemisnumbered
pastmisnumbered

Origin of misnumber

From mis- + number.

Questions about misnumber

What does misnumber mean?
Misnumber means to assign numbers nonsequentially where sequential numbering was due.
What part of speech is misnumber?
Misnumber is a verb.
What is the past tense of misnumber?
The past tense of misnumber is misnumbered.

Words near misnumber in the dictionary

  1. misnotify
  2. misnotifying
  3. misnoting
  4. misnourished
  5. misnucleation
  6. misnumber
  7. misnumbered
  8. misnumbering
  9. misnumberings
  10. misnumbers
  11. misnumerate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misnumber (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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